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Maine Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday on the state’s homelessness crisis and spending related to providing taxpayer-funded housing…
President Joe Biden will not take a cognitive exam during his next visit to the doctor’s office despite growing doubts…
Multiple residents of Brookline, Mass., have volunteered for the state’s immigrant resettlement program, which begged residents to host illegal immigrant…
An Illinois Democrat is pushing for a bill that would amend the definition of child abuse to make it a…
Former Republican President Donald Trump has tapped North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the Republican…
The individual who attempted a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch in Houston on Sunday has been identified as…
President Joe Biden (D) has received criticism after his campaign officially joined TikTok — the Chinese-controlled social media app widely…
Elected officials in Maine are considering proposals that would allocate millions of dollars in response to destruction caused by the…
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter to every Republican member of congress on Monday, urging them to oppose…
A homeless man was arrested on Riverside Street in Portland Sunday on charges of drug trafficking, refusing to submit to…
Portland’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) received a total of 178 intakes in January, including two dozen homeless individuals from out-of-state,…
A new report from a group of transgender ideology activists has published survey data that conflicts sharply with a recently…
According to the most recent state data, there were nearly 10,000 drug overdoses in Maine during 2023, though the number…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments last week concerning the imposition of vaccine mandates on emergency medical technicians…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire at an abandoned home in Eddington that was allegedly started by a…
A co-founder and former CEO of a sustainable fuel company pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection to a…
Maine has been awarded a $4.4 million from the federal government to improve the “resilience” of the state’s electrical grid,…
Renowned conservative columnist Mark Steyn has been ordered by a Washington, D.C. jury to pay controversial global warming activist Michael…
The past few weeks have marked the receipt of several million dollars in federal funding being sent to Maine in…
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 unit at Boston’s Logan Airport thwarted an attempt to illegally import four…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued an Executive Order on Friday calling for hearings over allegations of misconduct against Oxford…
Multiple properties throughout northern Maine suspected of being part of the network of illegal Chinese marijuana growing operations were raided…
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in the case of Trump v. Anderson out of Colorado…
Five Chinese nationals were arrested this week in California after border agents discovered thousands of gift cards, merchandise, and 23…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced the Commander-In-Chief of all Ukrainian armed forces on Thursday following disputes. “The year 2024 can…
Maine’s Permanent Commission on Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) have released a report detailing the legislative initiatives they are…
Multiple members of the European Union’s (EU) parliament have called for sanctions against Tucker Carlson following his interview with Russian…
The Maine State Senate rejected a bill Tuesday aimed at extending search warrant requirements to cover a wide range of…
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) released a statement Wednesday following a review of 60 studies that concluded “social transition,…
Maine state legislators are continuing efforts to improve sexual assault kit testing in the state, as kits continue to go…
Portland Police are investigating a shootout between the occupants of two cars that occurred Tuesday evening in the city’s Sagamore…
The South Portland City Council approved an order Tuesday that freed up $150,000 in state funds that will be used…
Maine’s child welfare system has frequently come under fire in recent months for its failure to protect the state’s most…
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has made staggering profits off of some suspect tech trading, according…
For the second time in less than three months, the Lewiston Police Department executed a search warrant at 149 College…
A trans-identifying biological male is expected to dominate at the New Hampshire Division II championship track meet this Sunday, where…
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-Ohio) took to X on Monday to reveal that the White House pressured Amazon to censor…
A bill aimed at establishing an state advisory board to facilitate renaming place names in Maine had a public hearing…
Maine, a state that has some of the highest taxes and electricity costs in the country, can also now count…
Editor’s Note: Following the publication of this story, a public affairs professional from Maine Health contacted the Maine Wire asking…
The Portland City Council unanimously approved an order Monday accepting a $364,000 grant from the Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing)…
Maine Sen. Angus King (I) joined a group of Democratic U.S. Senators on a letter calling on the Biden administration…
On Jan. 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Lynn, Mass. arrested an illegal alien with Mexican and…
New York resident Tyler Dean, 49, was sentenced on Monday for his role in the overdose deaths of a Rockland…
Russian media has confirmed that Tucker Carlson, a resident of Oxford County, was photographed over the weekend in Russia, has…
Maine’s congressional delegation renewed their call for federal action to be taken against a sprawling network of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last Friday declaring that Maine’s laws governing the use and dissemination…
The City of Portland Director of Permitting and Inspections (PID) Jessica Hanscombe sent a Jan. 25 letter to City Manager…
Last week, six pro-life activists were convicted following a peaceful protest outside a Tennessee abortion clinic, and now face up…
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) announced last Thursday that Florida is willing to send a battalion, up to 1,000 soldiers, of…
President Joe Biden traveled to Michigan on Thursday to give a speech at the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union building…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey announced Friday that a coalition of AGs had reached a settlement with multinational marketing…
Three individuals who were previously arrested and charged in November 2023 in connection to a high-end brothel network operating out…
Eleven people were arrested Friday afternoon after a group of pro-Palestine protestors blocked both ramps at Exit 7 of I-295…
Lawmakers in Augusta are set to consider a bill that would provide additional funding to reimburse municipalities for the short-lived…
South Portland Police announced Friday morning that man has been arrested in connection to the robbery of Key Bank last…
A public high school in Maine is among the first in the state to adopt biometric scanning technology to track…
On Tuesday, reports emerged that Gov. Maura Healey turned a community center in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston into a makeshift residence…
A report by The Washington Post details how China is happy to host American mayors despite the continued decline in…
The U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on Wednesday for a bill meant to bar terrorists who participated in…
The majority of U.S. House Democrats opposed a bill that would prevent foreign nationals who have committed Social Security or…
The Portland City Council is set to consider an order Monday that would extend the 50-bed expansion of the city’s…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) declared a 90-day state of emergency Tuesday in response to a “public health and public…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) received donations to his 2024 campaign committee from several family members of billionaire left-wing megadonor…
A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting people with a machete, possessing scheduled drugs and trafficking…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from properties across rural Maine owned…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined twenty-three other governors in submitting an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. announced Wednesday that four Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged years-long…
Policies governing speech on Maine’s campuses need improvement to protect students’ freedom of speech, according to a new report from…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy is investigating a property in Turner after firefighters responding to a call at the…
A Lewiston man, Mark Burns, 61, was sentenced on Tuesday after he pled guilty to charges of possession of sexually…
FBI Director Christopher Wray, appeared before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Wednesday to testify…
Independent U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King announced Wednesday that he is cosponsoring legislation that would remove the green card…
The number of Chinese foreign nationals encountered attempting to illegally enter the United States reached an all-time high in December,…
Note: This story was updated to include data from Republican CD-2 candidate Mike Soboleski’s year-end FEC filing. State Rep. Austin…
President Joe Biden approved Maine’s request for a federal disaster declaration on Tuesday, a move that follows the severe storms…
Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the-President…
On Monday, California State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced a bill she says will “protect children from the dangers associated…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) issued a statement Monday calling upon Congress to pass the border security deal negotiated between…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins announced Monday that 15 Maine organizations and state agencies aimed at combatting homelessness have been…
On Monday, John Raymond, 36, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for his role in an attempted robbery of…
The Maine State Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) is split on a resolution calling for a national…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed migrant resettlement plan received a public hearing Tuesday afternoon before the Legislature’s State and Local…
A federal jury in Oklahoma City has convicted two Chinese nationals, Jeff Weng and Tong Lin, of a major drug…
A group of Maine lobstermen have asked the United States District Court for the District of Maine to temporarily block…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) is supporting the effort to approve a $7 billion extension of the federal Affordable Connectivity…
According to an 80-page report published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General, the White House’s private pharmacy…
A new study from Definitive Healthcare shows that from 2018-2022 the number of people suffering from gender dysphoria in Maine…
A Connecticut woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Friday to a year-and-a-half in prison for trafficking cocaine…
On January 17, the Judiciary Committee held a work session for LD1696. This bill proposes holding “firearm industry members” civilly…
On Tuesday Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) testified in front of the Committee on State and Local Government regarding LD 2150,…
The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced Friday that Maine Gov. Janet Mills has been elected by her fellow governors…
The Lewiston Police Department announced Friday that a man has been arrested in Lewiston in connection to an ongoing sexual…
The College Board has weighed in on two data privacy bills currently under consideration by the Maine Judiciary Committee, urging…
Many Congressional Republicans are speaking out against a child tax credit bill that was recently passed by the House Ways…
The United States Supreme Court vacated an injunction Monday that blocked federal border patrol officials from cutting or removing the…
The City of Portland’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Allocation Committee revealed on Thursday that they have made a preliminary…
Ohio’s Republican legislature successfully passed a bill on Wednesday which bans sex change surgeries, including mastectomies and genital mutilation, for…
A proposal to prohibit natural gas companies from installing new natural gas infrastructure for Maine homes has resurfaced in the…